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Elder Eyes Wide Shut

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A legal guardian and conservator have hijacked her father’s life and estate and she cannot get him out. My friend, who I will call Lilly to protect her and her family, is amidst a legal battle with her sibling and a cabal of lawyers over the legal guardianship and conservatorship of her 74-year-old father, though he can still make decisions.

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Conservatorship: The Racket That Ruined My Father’s Last Years

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Unfortunately, this phrase is not legally binding. They could not have known — so few people do — that a system of legalized theft exists that would toss aside their plans and siphon off much of their money. That’s when I sought out legal counsel by obtaining my own attorney, John Barlow. I wanted things to be made right.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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In 2012, the editor-in-chief of JAACAP , Andrés Martin, wrote to Jureidini: “Following the June 27, 2012 settlement between GlaxoSmithKline and the U.S. Department of Justice, the Journal’s editorial team undertook a thorough evaluation of the article, the legal settlement, and related materials.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

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The authors refused to withdraw the article, which resulted in a five-month battle where they needed legal assistance from their university and from Germany where the publisher is located. 28] They referred to a meta-analysis by Gibbons from 2012. There was nothing defamatory in the content. This taboo kills people.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

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Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, her research addresses the ethical and medical-legal issues that arise in organized psychiatry because of academic-industry relationships. Shelly and I weren’t able to do that in 2006 or 2012. A former Research Fellow at the Edmond J.

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My Red October – An Army Veteran’s Crucible to Recovery

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Diana Rodriguez in Bagram, Afghanistan, 2012 The scene above played out in October 2022 at my family’s home just outside of Fort Liberty, North Carolina where I’d been stationed in the Army years earlier.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

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Whether drugs are legal or illegal, it is unhealthy to perturb brain functions with them. In 2012, the US Centers for Disease Control reported that 25% of Americans have a mental illness. I’ve never experienced anything like this before! Brain-active substances can lead to violence, including murder.